11.   Stevens also chided Britain, France and Germany for hinting that they might not help defray the costs of expanding the alliance.

12.   That may be awkward at the moment, since the White House is anxious to avoid divisions within NATO as the Senate considers plans to expand the alliance eastward.

13.   The alliance is being expanded simply to consolidate democracy in Europe and to enable NATO to better confront post-cold-war threats.

14.   The end of the Soviet empire created the chance to expand the alliance.

15.   The NATO ministers said that by September, they would complete a study on how and why the alliance would be expanded.

16.   They will expand the alliance to include flights from Amsterdam to Seattle, Mexico City, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, New Delhi and Bombay.

17.   Whether expanding the alliance into Central Europe makes Russia feel threatened in the coming decades will ultimately determine the wisdom of this move.

18.   Yahoo!, for instance, expanded an alliance with Visa International and signed marketing agreements with Amazon.com Inc., ETrade Group Inc. and Sabre Group Holdings Inc.

19.   Earlier, NATO Secretary-General Lord Robertson said expanding the alliance would help in the fight against terrorism.

20.   Grossman is holding talks with officials in nine European capitals on expanding the alliance to include new members.